Gas-radiator



C. C. MANKER.

GAS RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 1917-.

Patgnted June 15 1920.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES CAREY MANKER, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MURRAY J. MORLEY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-RADIATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1920.

Application filed July 20, 1917. Serial No. 181,746.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, CHARLES C. NIANKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have in vented a new and Improved Gas-Radiator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to heating means and particularly to an improved gas heating radiator, and has for its object the provision of certain new and novel features to increase the efficiency thereof and economy of operation, as hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of a radiator w1th an embodiment of the invention applied thereto, certain parts being broken away for better illustrating the construction.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the air mixer and associated parts shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanylng drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a radiator of usual construction, provided with a lower passageway 2 and an upper passageway 3 whereby all of the sections of the radiator are 1n communication. A pipe 4 is passed through the opening in the lug 5 and is threaded 1n the opening formed in lug 6, sald pipe being provided with a plurallty of apertures 7 opening into the respective sections 8 of the radiator 1. A cap 9 is threaded on to the free end of the pipe 4 while a cap 10 is threaded on to the gas intake end shown in Fig. 1, said caps rigidly holding the pipe in position and also acting as an anchor bolt for holding the sections 8 together. Cap 10 is provided with a plurality of air inlet openings 11 which provide auxiliary air for the air mixer 12. In addition to this supplying of auxiliary air, apertures 13 and 14 from the end sections 8 of radiator 1 supply air to points adjacent the exterior of pipe 4. Preferably air openings 15 are also provided in the bottom of the sections 8 and air openings 16 in the top.

The mixer 12 may be of any desired construction, the same being formed with a burner 17, which burner may be merely a tube covered with a wire mesh 18 so that the'gas may be projected for substantially the full length of tube 4, said gas being ignited and providing a flame which will heat the tube 4, said tube being formed of iron trolled by the thermostat 21 so as to vary the amount of gas passing into the pipe 22. Pipe 22 is connected through a fitting 23 to the air mixer 12, a suitable hand operated valve 24 being interposed in pipe 22 for manually controlling the gas or for entirely turning off the same. The construction of the thermostatic valve 20 and the thermostat 21 may be of any kind. Preferably it is such as may be adjusted so that the thermostat may be caused to maintain a certain flow of gas whereb a certain heat will be produced. During t e operation of the device the heat will naturally rise and in order to provide a better distribution thereof and to catch any small particles of combustion that have not been consumed, an inverted dish-shaped member 25 is provided and held in position by suitable supports 26.

What I claim is:

l. A gas heated radiator, comprising a plurality of hollow sections having adjacent their upper and lower ends passageways establishing communications between the sections and each provided with perforations in its top and bottom, the end sections having internally threaded annular flanges at the lower passageway, a burner tube disposed in the lower passageway and having perforations opening into each of the sections, the ends of the tube being screw threaded and screwing into the threaded flanges of the end sections, with the threaded ends projecting beyond the said end sections, caps screwing on the ends of the tube, one of the caps having an opening in its end, a burner extending through the opening of the cap into the burner tube, and a plate like member secured to the upper ends of the end sections in spaced relation to the said sections.

2. A gas heated radiator comprising a radiator body having a plurality of hollow sections secured together and each section aid being provided with perforations at its top and at its bottoni for the passage of air, and said body portion having an upper and a lower passageway for affording communication between the sections, a tube disposed in said lower passageway and being provided with perforations registering with the various sections, a burner extending into one end of said tube for providing a flame in the tube, and an inverted non-perforated dish-shaped plate secured above vthe upper ends of saidsections inthe path of he products of combustion passing through the perforations.

8.. .A gas heated radiator comprisi g a radiator body, having a plurality of verti cally disposed hollow sections secured together and each section being divided into perforations in its top and in its bottom for the passage of air, said body portion having an--upper and a lower laterally extending passageway for aflfording communication between the sections, a tube disposed in said lower passageway and being prop rforations.

CHARLES CAREY MANKER, 

